TheNitroxinator
Contributor
I looked all over the place on the internet, and never found anything on the subject of airbrushing a wetsuit. Since SCUBA and airbrushing are two of my hobbies, I wanted to see if I could bring them together. Its obvious you can silk screen a wetsuit (they all come with brand names silk screened on them), but setting up everything for multi-colored graphics is a pain. I figured airbrushing would work, I just needed to find a way to set the paint (heat setting being no good, I believe you'll melt your suit if you follow the Createx T-Shirt acrylic instructions).
I wound up using SAFE-T from Coast Airbrush, and painted on a .5 mm suit. Its been in the water, I let it sit around without cleaning it for half a day, and then hosed it off. My graphics stayed on, and they're not distorted because I painted on the suit while it was stretched (I stuck it full of towels). Now I just need to put together something cool for the front, instead of a goof-around test picture on the thigh (I did a picture of a shark sucker that I saw in Lembeh).
Mind you, I'm not a professional airbrusher, and I have no interest in painting anybody else's wetsuit. But, if you're interested in painting your or someone else's wetsuit, I can give you a more detailed description if you're interested.
I wound up using SAFE-T from Coast Airbrush, and painted on a .5 mm suit. Its been in the water, I let it sit around without cleaning it for half a day, and then hosed it off. My graphics stayed on, and they're not distorted because I painted on the suit while it was stretched (I stuck it full of towels). Now I just need to put together something cool for the front, instead of a goof-around test picture on the thigh (I did a picture of a shark sucker that I saw in Lembeh).
Mind you, I'm not a professional airbrusher, and I have no interest in painting anybody else's wetsuit. But, if you're interested in painting your or someone else's wetsuit, I can give you a more detailed description if you're interested.